Stories of Hope

The stories are endless.

“I had no purpose in life!”
“I had issues I had never taken care of, never addressed—issues that started when I was a kid,” says Mark, a graduate of our Men’s Life Recovery Program. Now in his mid-50s, he believes the abuse he endured as a...

“My kids have all been inspired and changed by the miracle God did in my life,” says Carol Molinari, a graduate of Rockford Rescue Mission’s Women’s Life Recovery Program, who now holds an accounting position at a downtown Chicago hotel. She shares her moving story...

For Sarah, one moment changed everything
Sarah had been sober for nearly 5 years. She was a hard-working registered nurse and single mom to a 10-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son.
It was a simple moment that led to her relapse.
She was picking up a pizza when the...